Chapter 1452: I, Jiang Fan

However, the fishing line was reeled in quickly, vanishing in a flash, and Lord Ghostshadow's soul lunged at empty air.

This made Lord Ghostshadow furious. He roared, "Wang Chongxiao! You son of a bitch!"

He knew it! How could someone as cunning as Jiang Fan willingly give him the lotus seeds?

It turned out Jiang Fan had planned to take them back all along!

He regretted it deeply!

Why didn't he just run away instead of trying to check on Jiang Fan?

If he had gone further, the fishing line wouldn't have reached him.

Jiang Fan had calculated that he would be suspicious and wouldn't go too far, which was why he dared to give him the lotus seeds.

Every single one of his actions had been anticipated by Jiang Fan!

Thinking this, he wanted to slap himself several times for falling into Jiang Fan's trap every single time.

Gritting his teeth, he snarled, "You cur, when I return after cultivating again, I'll make you pay with your blood!"

"Anyway, once I leave, Grand Lord Black Dragon won't find me. I'll have plenty of opportunities to seize another body!"

No sooner had he finished speaking.

A thunderous roar erupted behind him, and the oppressive aura of Grand Lord Black Dragon bore down.

Lord Ghostshadow froze. "How could Grand Lord Black Dragon pinpoint my location?"

"I didn't take anything from him..."

"Wait!"

He pulled out the spatial storage device Jiang Fan had given him and looked inside.

The lotus seeds were gone, but the mountain of martial arts resources remained.

With a thought, he separated the resources.

At the very bottom, an infant's shoe, emitting a faint aura, lay quietly.

Lord Ghostshadow's vision went black.

He couldn't hold back any longer. He opened his mouth and spat out a spray of soul fragments, roaring:

"Wang Chongxiao!!!"

"You're not even human!!!"

In response, Grand Lord Black Dragon swept his tail through the void, striking him out of the nothingness and back into the Middle-earth Realm.

Before he could react, an icy hand grabbed him.

A piercing gaze, as if wanting to devour him, penetrated his soul body, and a chilling voice spat out.

"Who gave you the courage to betray me?"

Lord Ghostshadow trembled all over. He knew he was surely dead.

Grand Lord Black Dragon would absolutely not let him go.

No amount of pleading would help.

But even if he died, Jiang Fan wouldn't get off easy!

"Yes, I betrayed you. Do with me as you wish!"

"However, it was Wang Chongxiao who completely tricked you!"

"His memory was never erased by me. He tricked you into giving him your venom!"

"And the Black Lotus of Tribulation was also banished into the void by him!"

"Finally, he was the one who plundered your treasury, not me!"

What?

Grand Lord Black Dragon narrowed his eyes and tightened his grip, causing cracks to spiderweb across Lord Ghostshadow's soul.

His eyes surged with raging flames, and he roared, "Say that again!"

He couldn't believe it; Jiang Fan's memory had never been erased!

Lord Ghostshadow laughed, tilting his head back. "Grand Lord Black Dragon, you thought you were strategizing from behind the scenes, controlling everything."

"In the end, just like me, you were played for a fool by Wang Chongxiao!"

"Hahahahaha..."

Grand Lord Black Dragon clenched his five fingers, crushing Lord Ghostshadow's soul.

A world-ending aura of fury emanated from him.

"Wang Chongxiao!"

Boom!

His figure flashed, tearing terrifying black void cracks through the sky and earth as he rushed back.

At Spirit Snake Mountain, inside the cave dwelling.

Grand Lord Goldscale was about to pursue them as well, to seize the Black Lotus of Tribulation.

"Senior Goldscale, wait!"

Jiang Fan called out to him.

Grand Lord Goldscale turned and looked at him coldly, not paying him any mind.

It was all because this subordinate of Grand Lord Black Dragon had brought out the Black Lotus of Tribulation. What great disaster had he brought upon the Middle-earth Realm?

Not killing him was already generous, considering the great merit he had achieved by expelling the creatures of hell!

However.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly sensed something, and his body trembled violently.

He looked at Jiang Fan in disbelief.

On Jiang Fan's forehead was an elegant golden snake-shaped pattern.

It was precisely the domain mark of Saint Mother Goldscale.

"You, where did you get this?" Grand Lord Goldscale grabbed Jiang Fan's shoulder, his eyes wide, gleaming with excitement.

Jiang Fan retracted the domain mark and said, "Senior Goldscale, now is not the time to talk."

"Please protect me."

He immediately took out the Cleansing Spirit Liquid. At the same time, he also conjured the Black Dragon Battle Armor and venom that Grand Lord Black Dragon had bestowed upon him from within his body.

Under the liquid's flow, the auras of both were washed away.

Then, Jiang Fan removed his mask, revealing his true youthful face.

This way.

All traces of Wang Chongxiao were completely erased.

Standing before everyone now was only Jiang Fan.

"You..." Grand Lord Goldscale was stunned for a moment.

He had indeed sensed a layer of disguise on Wang Chongxiao's face, but he hadn't expected him to be so young.

So... familiar.

After a moment of recollection, he suddenly remembered and said, "You are Jiang Fan from Taicang Great State, whom Wanjun spoke of?"

Jiang Fan smiled and said, "It is my honor that Senior Goldscale recognizes me."

"I have something very important to discuss privately with Senior Goldscale."

Even Grand Lord Goldscale, no matter how confused, now understood that Jiang Fan was not Grand Lord Black Dragon's subordinate at all.

He was merely lurking beside him.

He immediately nodded and said, "This is no place to talk. Follow me!"

With a whoosh.

He took Jiang Fan and left Grand Lord Black Dragon's cave dwelling.

They had barely blinked away when they encountered Grand Lord Black Dragon, who was rushing back.

He swept his gaze fiercely towards the cave dwelling, realizing that Wang Chongxiao's aura was long gone.

Unwilling to give up, he closed his eyes and sensed again.

Jiang Fan had his venom and Black Dragon Battle Armor on him; unless he fled beyond the Myriad Demon Great State, he couldn't escape his detection.

To his astonishment, however, there was no aura whatsoever!

Remembering the stolen treasury, he immediately understood!

It was the Cleansing Spirit Liquid!

And it must have been Lord Ghostshadow who tipped him off!

"That damned traitor!" Grand Lord Black Dragon growled softly, then glared at Grand Lord Goldscale. "Where is Wang Chongxiao?"

Grand Lord Goldscale scoffed, "Why do you ask? Isn't Wang Chongxiao your subordinate?"

Grand Lord Black Dragon was secretly vexed.

Having been betrayed by two of his own people simultaneously, Grand Lord Goldscale was already being exceptionally polite by not laughing at him on the spot. Why would he tell him Wang Chongxiao's whereabouts?

At this moment, he noticed an unfamiliar young man beside Grand Lord Goldscale and couldn't help but feel suspicious.

"Are you among the reinforcements from the various states this time?"

Jiang Fan cupped his hands and smiled, his demeanor as gentle as a spring breeze. "This junior is Jiang Fan from Taicang Great State, just arrived from Guixu State."

"I've come by the order of Old Man Oblivion to find my fiancée."

"Please bear with me, Senior."

Jiang Fan from Taicang Great State?

Grand Lord Black Dragon couldn't help but take another look at Jiang Fan. This name had been the subject of much discussion recently.

Even he, who often entered seclusion, had heard it several times.

Learning that Jiang Fan was there to find some fiancée, Grand Lord Black Dragon snorted, deeming it beneath his notice.

He casually picked a suspicious direction and pursued it.

Grand Lord Goldscale glanced at the calm and composed Jiang Fan out of the corner of his eye, secretly admiring him.

An ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator, facing a Grand Lord who was undergoing the Five Declines of Heaven and Man, would find it exceptionally rare to remain calm and composed.

Jiang Fan, however, not only wasn't nervous but also effortlessly lied in front of him.

No wonder he could repeatedly fight his way in and out of the Heavenly Realm, establishing such a formidable reputation.

This young man was indeed as extraordinary as the rumors claimed.

"Come with me."